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1 result for PARING from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Jan 30, 1997	10D	Downsizing	D. Motley	Shortz

4 results for PARING from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Sep 15, 1984	40D	K.P. activity	Brown	Maleska
Thu Mar 9, 1978	46D	K.P. activity	Bert H. Kruse	Maleska
Sun Oct 13, 1963	69A	Cheese trimming.	Jack Luzzatto	Farrar
Mon Jul 15, 1957	16A	Cutting down.	Madeline Corse	Farrar

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